William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Kelvin

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gptkbp:birthDate	1824-06-26
gptkbp:birthName	gptkb:William_Thomson
gptkbp:birthPlace	Belfast, Ireland
gptkbp:deathDate	1907-12-17
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Largs,_Scotland
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:William_Hopkins
gptkbp:education	gptkb:Peterhouse,_Cambridge gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
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gptkbp:father	gptkb:James_Thomson
gptkbp:field	gptkb:mathematics physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin
gptkbp:influenced	gptkb:Arthur_Schuster gptkb:Ernest_Rutherford gptkb:Frederick_Soddy gptkb:George_Francis_FitzGerald gptkb:J._J._Thomson gptkb:James_Clerk_Maxwell gptkb:John_Ambrose_Fleming gptkb:John_Tyndall gptkb:Lord_Rayleigh gptkb:Oliver_Heaviside gptkb:Osborne_Reynolds gptkb:William_Crookes gptkb:William_Henry_Bragg gptkb:William_Lawrence_Bragg gptkb:William_Ramsay gptkb:William_Thomson,_1st_Baron_Kelvin gptkb:mathematics gptkb:Charles_Algernon_Parsons gptkb:G._I._Taylor gptkb:John_Henry_Poynting gptkb:Joseph_Larmor gptkb:Oliver_Lodge gptkb:William_Duddell engineering physics thermodynamics
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gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences gptkb:Royal_Society gptkb:Royal_Society_of_Edinburgh gptkb:Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality	British
gptkbp:notableStudent	gptkb:George_Francis_FitzGerald gptkb:John_Ambrose_Fleming gptkb:Charles_Algernon_Parsons gptkb:Joseph_Larmor gptkb:Oliver_Lodge
gptkbp:portrait	gptkb:Portrait_of_Lord_Kelvin_by_Hubert_von_Herkomer
gptkbp:position	gptkb:Professor_of_Natural_Philosophy,_University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Presbyterianism
gptkbp:residence	gptkb:Glasgow,_Scotland gptkb:Netherhall,_Largs,_Scotland
gptkbp:restingPlace	gptkb:Westminster_Abbey
gptkbp:sibling	gptkb:James_Thomson_(engineer)
gptkbp:signature	William Thomson signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Frances_Anna_Blandy gptkb:Margaret_Crum
gptkbp:termEnd	1899
gptkbp:termStart	1846
gptkbp:title	gptkb:1st_Baron_Kelvin
gptkbp:workInstitution	gptkb:University_of_Glasgow
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Isaac_Newton gptkb:William_Rowan_Hamilton
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